The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2022
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
10:52 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1227
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.72° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.09° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.