The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
4:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 357.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.02° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.97° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.