The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 1966
Waxing Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
1:10 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.89° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.81° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.