The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1917
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
7:49 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -70
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.3° / 173.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.09° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.03° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.