The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2099
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
6:55 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2179
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 349.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.87° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.53° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.