The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
3:55 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2241
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 | 123.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 20.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.25° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.10° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.