The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1915
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -97
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 | 245.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.04° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.80° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.