The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
3:26 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2998
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 | 117.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.01° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.08° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.