The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2199
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
4:51 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3418
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 222.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 7.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.40° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.37° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.