The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 13, 1966
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
7:33 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 540
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 160.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.17° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.54° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.