The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
3:19 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -109
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 51.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.95° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.57° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.