The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 2139
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
12:24 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2676
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.66° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.06° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| 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.