The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
2:18 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 611
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 | 97.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 63.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 6.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.81° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.35° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.