The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1951
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
5:21 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 348
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 | 345.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 182.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.71° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.06° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.