The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2035
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
3:21 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1387
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.78° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.40° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.