The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 1, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
4:45 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.3° / 328.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.81° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.36° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.