The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 31, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
3:40 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 47.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.66° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.10° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.