The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1913
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
5:20 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -122
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 181.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -13.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.39° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.00° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.63° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.