The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1966
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
10:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 541
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.81° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.80° / 0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.31° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.