The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1918
Waning Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
11:40 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -60
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 | 278.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -23.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.39° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.55° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.85° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.