The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 1911
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
11:10 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -144
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 | 262.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.62° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.69° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.79° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.