The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1923
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
9:15 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2
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 | 229.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 283.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.74° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.18° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.