The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
5:14 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1338
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 | 150.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 22.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.75° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.13° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.