The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2087
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
8:55 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2031
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 7.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.18° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.54° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.