The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 1966
Waning Gibbous
93.7% 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
9:30 PM
9:18 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 540
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.66° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.25° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.