The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
6:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1239
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 | 170.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 355.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 13.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.71° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.