The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
12:41 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 540
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 87.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.63° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.44° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.