The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2184
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
3:54 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3233
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 | 127.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -0.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.53° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.29° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.