The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1994
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
1:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 880
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 | 294.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.86° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.87° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.