The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
1:08 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 541
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 81.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.00° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.30° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.