The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 1966
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
8:05 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 313.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -0.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.72° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.51° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.