The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 7, 1966
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.60° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.83° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.