The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 7, 1966
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
9:44 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -23.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.47° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.18° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.