The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1999
Waning Gibbous
82.0% 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
10:51 PM
9:23 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 942
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -8.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.82° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.22° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.