The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
4:15 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 123.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 24.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.22° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.55° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| 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.