The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1968
Waxing Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
1:07 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 82.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 25.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.75° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.22° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.