The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1940
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
4:32 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 212
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 | 334.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 199.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -10.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.01° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.76° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| 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.