The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2048
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
10:20 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1548
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -23.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.10° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.22° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.