The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 31, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
4:24 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 22.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.26° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.16° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.