The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2104
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
4:42 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2243
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 | 308.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.62° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.77° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.