The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2016
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
3:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1152
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 | 327.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 204.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.33° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.79° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.