The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
4:26 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 361
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 39.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 31m / 25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.41° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.97° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.