The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
3:27 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 178
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 46.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.35° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.91° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.