The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
3:05 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1217
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 | 100.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.60° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.51° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.