The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1900
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -282
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.15° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.10° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.89° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.