The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1979
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
3:02 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 697
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 232.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.95° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.93° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.