The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
2:08 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 541
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -23.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.16° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.11° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.