The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 1966
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
6:31 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.11° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| 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.