The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 1966
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
5:55 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 217.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.52° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.98° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.