The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1966
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
7:44 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.68° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.79° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| 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.