The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1980
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
9:28 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 707
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.81° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.59° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.