The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1966
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
10:17 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 540
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.54° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.43° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.