The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
3:54 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1301
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 | 119.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 44.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 12m / 23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.37° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.94° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.