The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 2112
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
3:01 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2342
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -7.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.61° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.11° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.