The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 12, 1966
Waning Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
2:46 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 537
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 240.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / -0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.29° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.26° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.