The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 1, 1966
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
8:19 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 540
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 302.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.81° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.06° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.