The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
3:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2157
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.42° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.53° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.