The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1937
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
12:15 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 175
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 | 284.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -22.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.32° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.64° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.