The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% 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
1:05 PM
3:56 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 44.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.66° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.36° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.