The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1966
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
7:05 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 350.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.46° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 331.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.