The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2037
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1412
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 | 244.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.74° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.80° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.