The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 1966
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
8:31 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 541
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 132.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.73° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.99° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.