The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
4:14 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2006
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.18° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.72° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.