The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2159
Waxing Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2924
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 85.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.96° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.28° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.