The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2147
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
11:08 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2775
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.46° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.47° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.