The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 1908
Waxing Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
11:06 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -183
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 | 52.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 101.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.05° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.48° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.52° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.