The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 2082
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
2:16 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1971
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.59° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.07° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.