The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2011
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
8:31 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1091
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.3° / 136.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / 6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.56° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.