The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 2, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
5:26 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.4° / 323.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.57° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.78° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.