The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
5:33 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 15.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 8.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.98° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.60° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.