The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
4:16 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 549
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 32.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -4.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.91° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.89° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.