The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2109
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
12:14 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2305
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -12.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.15° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.05° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.