The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
2:51 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 54.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.66° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.52° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| 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.