The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1956
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
1:05 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 410
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -20.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.05° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.44° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.