The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1966
Waning Crescent
33.8% 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
3:23 AM
12:24 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.75° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.67° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.