The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2021
Waning Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
11:40 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1214
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 240.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.65° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.04° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.