The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2089
Waning Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
1:31 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2055
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.14° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.69° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.