The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1935
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
8:49 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 151
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 | 22.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 132.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 7.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.68° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.59° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.