The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1976
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
1:05 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 660
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -7.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.19° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.06° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.