The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
5:28 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 155.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.85° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.56° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.