The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 30, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
4:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.8° / 13.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.86° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.55° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.