The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
1:38 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 544
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 5.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.94° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.20° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.