The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
1:45 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 66.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 8.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.59° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.11° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| 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.