The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 2076
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
7:43 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1897
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.00° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.24° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.