The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2106
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
8:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2268
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 | 209.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.96° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.04° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.