The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 25, 1966
First Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
1:37 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 71.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.07° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.58° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.