The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 4, 1966
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
7:31 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.46° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.23° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| 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.