The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 1961
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
9:13 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 472
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 | 227.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -8.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.56° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.80° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.