The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 1966
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.19° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.98° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.