The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2059
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
10:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1684
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 | 262.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -22.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.13° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.27° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.46° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.