The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
3:48 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1823
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.69° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.72° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.