The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
5:47 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1907
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 | 147.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 20.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.77° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.14° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.