The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2117
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
10:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2404
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 | 238.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -25.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.15° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.44° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.