The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1969
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
12:17 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 574
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.06° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.43° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.