The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2108
Waning Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
1:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2290
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 | 293.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 233.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.21° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.32° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.