The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2158
Waning Gibbous
57.6% 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
1:43 AM
12:27 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2911
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.19° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.49° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.88° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.