The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 29, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
3:32 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 46.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / 0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.26° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.55° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.