The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1934
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 138
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 | 243.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -22.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.14° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.61° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.