The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2077
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
7:19 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1909
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.3° / 172.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 12.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.19° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.88° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.