The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
2:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 101.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.17° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.95° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.