The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
6:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2043
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 359.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.99° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.79° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.