The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 1970
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
5:22 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 586
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 319.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -23.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.00° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.