The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 2056
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1647
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 | 244.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.47° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.60° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.