The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
5:31 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 157.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 15.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 9.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.83° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.76° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.