The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1920
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
11:26 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -32
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 | 33.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.12° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.30° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.