The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1966
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
10:06 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.37° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.13° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.