The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 1960
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
4:08 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 462
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 223.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.34° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.