The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% 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
4:45 PM
5:36 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 398
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 | 156.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 16.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.57° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.16° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.