The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 30, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
3:58 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 37.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.33° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.35° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.