The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% 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
2:11 PM
4:40 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1437
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 35.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 23.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.34° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.69° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.