The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2052
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
12:09 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1600
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 13m / -11.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.23° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.10° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.07° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| 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.