The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
4:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 450
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 7.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.25° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.30° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.