The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1965
Waxing Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
10:00 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 522
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 | 39.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.13° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.32° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.