The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1907
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
10:57 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -196
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 | 261.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.41° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.43° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.