The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
5:56 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 163
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 | 163.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 8.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.35° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.81° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.