The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 1950
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
8:06 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 336
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.57° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.39° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.