The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2046
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
5:44 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1523
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 180.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.92° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.90° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.