The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
3:16 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1536
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 | 110.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.27° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.30° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.