The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2070
Waning Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
12:46 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1820
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 | 287.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 237.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.26° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.88° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.