The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
3:25 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1588
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 | 124.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 47.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.78° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.42° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.50° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.