The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
5:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2565
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -6.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.08° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.71° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.