The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 1966
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
12:19 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 540
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.62° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.81° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.