The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
4:56 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.12° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.21° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.