The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
2:13 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1400
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 | 103.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.86° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.55° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.