The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2190
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
6:41 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3307
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -25.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.65° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.47° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| 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.