The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2004
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
7:08 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1004
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 348.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.20° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.81° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 342.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.