The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2152
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
7:28 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2837
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 | 204.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -25.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.61° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.04° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.