The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2010
First Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
1:44 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1081
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 68.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 9.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.29° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.97° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.