The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1984
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
10:19 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 757
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 | 43.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 109.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 8.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.42° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.51° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.