The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 1966
Waning Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
1:20 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 222.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.74° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.86° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.