The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
3:03 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 648
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / -3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.76° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.52° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.