The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 2052
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1598
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.15° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.85° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.