The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2040
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
11:24 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1449
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 242.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.00° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.84° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.