The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2083
Waning Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
7:50 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1981
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 298.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.57° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.65° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.