The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
6:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 6.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.16° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.92° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.