The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
5:02 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 536
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 22.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.87° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.51° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.7° |
| 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.