The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
6:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 633
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 10.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.65° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.87° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.