The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
3:38 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2664
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 44.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.65° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.29° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.