The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% 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
2:13 PM
4:06 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -208
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 | 127.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.84° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.95° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.