The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 1966
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
12:03 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 81.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.07° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.28° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.