The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1948
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
2:23 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 311
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 | 314.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -24.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.38° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.09° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.