The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
3:07 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -57
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.79° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.70° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.