The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
5:04 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 137.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 29.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.46° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.35° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.