The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
12:11 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 541
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.64° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.49° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.