The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1977
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
7:14 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 193.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 326.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.06° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.60° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.