The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2128
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
12:27 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2540
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 | 261.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -12.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.34° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.85° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.