The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2049
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
9:52 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1561
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 | 35.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 12.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.58° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.95° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.