The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 1966
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 540
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 26.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.54° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.32° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.42° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.