The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2053
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
8:00 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1610
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 | 204.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -3.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.50° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.59° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.