The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2098
Waning Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
10:19 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2169
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -24.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.23° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.84° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.