The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2082
Waxing Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
12:43 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1969
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 72.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.00° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.75° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.