The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1969
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
8:02 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 571
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 | 210.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -7.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.42° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.20° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.