The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 20, 1967
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
9:54 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 318.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 19.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.80° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.27° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| 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.