The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 1905
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
6:57 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -218
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 | 204.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.56° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.95° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.