The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1927
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
10:10 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 52
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 | 41.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 113.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.23° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.92° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.