The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2103
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
4:24 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2228
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 198.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.33° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.92° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.