The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1965
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
10:05 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 524
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -24.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.12° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.63° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.