The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 1972
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 AM
9:41 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 252.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.70° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.19° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.