The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
3:37 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 413
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -9.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.01° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.13° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.