The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 2051
Waning Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
12:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1585
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 | 280.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.47° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.57° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.08° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.