The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 1966
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
7:36 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 332.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.71° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.