The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 27, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
2:28 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -10.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.81° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.16° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.