The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2072
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
8:12 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1845
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 | 208.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 306.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.63° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.40° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| 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.