The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 2045
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
8:21 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1511
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 | 224.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 283.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.30° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.20° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.