The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2068
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1798
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.77° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.84° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| 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.