The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
5:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 685
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 | 154.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 5.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.73° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.48° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.