The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1906
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
5:16 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -206
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 | 331.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 213.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.10° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.56° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.