The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2015
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
7:14 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 190.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 330.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.12° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.04° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.