The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
5:18 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 351
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 | 171.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.6° / 325.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -22.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.73° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.