The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2131
Waning Crescent
43.7% 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
2:52 AM
1:39 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2577
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.64° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.70° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.