The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1901
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
7:13 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -270
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 | 195.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 323.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.70° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.56° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.3° |
| 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.