The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2105
Waning Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2253
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.82° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.27° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.