The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2034
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
11:29 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1378
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Mars, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.22° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.91° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.