The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 2101
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
1:48 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2206
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.65° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.67° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.