The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 1901
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
10:25 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -267
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.2° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.96° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.59° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.