The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% 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
6:26 PM
4:49 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 314
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 | 150.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 13.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.04° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.52° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.