The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 1964
Last Quarter
47.4% 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
1:41 AM
11:30 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 509
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -21.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.32° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.82° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.