The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
3:55 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2194
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -9.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.74° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.71° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.