The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2017
Waning Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
2:50 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1167
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 232.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.70° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.59° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.53° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.