The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2155
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
9:17 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2874
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 | 230.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -26.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.50° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.86° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.