The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 1908
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -181
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.67° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.95° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| 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.