The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1971
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
4:32 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 598
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 226.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.54° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.56° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.