The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 1966
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.56° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.52° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| 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.