The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 10, 1966
Waning Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
12:47 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.41° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.81° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.