The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
5:00 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 967
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 | 137.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.00° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.14° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| 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.