The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
5:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 536
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 6.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.38° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.33° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.3° |
| 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.