The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1976
Waxing Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 62.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.57° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.86° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.