The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 1966
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
8:10 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 541
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 319.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 4.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.62° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.91° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.