The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
4:12 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 541
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 18.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.10° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.76° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.