The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
5:31 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -20
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 | 166.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.0° / 341.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.08° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.72° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.