The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1932
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
6:02 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 113
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 173.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.07° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.44° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.