The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
4:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 19.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.21° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.93° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.