The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1945
Waning Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
12:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 274
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 | 264.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.80° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.51° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.