The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 9, 1966
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
11:47 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.52° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.60° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.