The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2081
Waning Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
2:44 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1956
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 209.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -23.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.28° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.36° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.