The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 26, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
2:02 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -4.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.05° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.37° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.