The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 2071
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
11:45 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1835
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.14° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.65° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.