The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
3:26 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.71° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.75° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.