The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
7:56 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1041
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -8.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.59° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.61° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.5° |
| 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.