The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2010
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
10:09 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 259.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.04° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.61° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.