The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% 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
3:47 PM
4:50 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2278
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 | 144.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 29.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.72° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.27° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.