The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1913
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
4:59 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -119
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.7° / 322.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -25.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.21° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 144.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.