The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Waning Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
9:48 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1177
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 | 238.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -11.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.87° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.01° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.