The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
2:56 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.37° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.95° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.