The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 1966
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
7:20 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 155.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / -0.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.28° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.89° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.