The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2071
Waxing Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
11:32 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1833
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 | 56.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 12.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.03° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.21° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.