The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1973
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
8:37 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 623
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 267.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.12° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.03° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.