The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1966
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
11:21 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 541
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -25.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.02° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.50° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.88° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.