The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 3, 1966
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
12:21 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 542
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 27.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.80° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.59° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.