The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 2011
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.15° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.42° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.