The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2160
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
6:15 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2936
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 298.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.28° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.44° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.