The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2026
Waning Gibbous
89.3% 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
10:09 PM
8:10 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1276
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 | 218.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -12.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.32° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.40° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| 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.