The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 1939
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
7:10 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 200
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 326.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.52° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.99° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.