The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
12:02 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 540
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 92.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -22.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.68° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.06° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.64° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.