The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 21, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
4:43 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 549
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 15.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.69° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.70° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.