The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1954
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
8:48 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 386
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.77° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.79° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.