The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1986
Waning Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
2:07 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 781
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 | 311.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 213.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -25.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.30° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.52° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.