The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 1966
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
9:27 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 541
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 119.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -11.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.52° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.53° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.