The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 1959
Waning Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
4:00 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 327.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 205.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.05° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.37° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.