The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
4:21 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1489
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 26.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.49° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.91° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| 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.