The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
2:47 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 55.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 31m / 26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.44° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.28° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.