The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2192
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
3:05 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3332
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 6.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.26° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.89° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.