The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 14, 1966
Waning Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
11:32 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -26.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.58° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.48° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.