The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 1916
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
9:38 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -84
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 | 32.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 119.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 11.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.97° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.19° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.