The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 1912
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -131
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 26.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.72° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.12° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.