The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
5:47 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 20.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.99° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.06° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.