The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1924
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
7:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 17
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.47° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.25° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.