The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 1961
Waxing Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
12:56 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 475
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.54° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.77° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.