The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1938
Waxing Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
11:38 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 188
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 94.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.18° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.48° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.