The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1966
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
12:39 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 78.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.54° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.04° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.