The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 1953
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 373
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 | 245.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -23.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.39° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.47° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.40° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.