The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1929
Waning Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
1:36 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 76
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 | 305.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 218.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -26.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.98° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.28° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.