The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 1966
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
4:37 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 540
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 27.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.96° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.96° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.63° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.