The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 2079
Waxing Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
10:17 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1932
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.01° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.89° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.