The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 1966
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
10:46 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -19.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.56° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.39° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.