The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1988
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
8:05 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 806
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 | 213.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -10.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.98° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.99° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.