The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
3:38 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -156
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 | 141.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -4.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.43° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.59° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.