The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
4:09 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3134
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 | 146.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 27.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.12° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.71° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.