The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
5:56 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1860
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 333.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -12.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.91° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.74° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.