The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1921
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
3:52 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -23
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 | 325.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 207.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.54° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.95° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.