The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2098
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
10:18 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2167
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 | 40.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 10.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.62° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.06° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.