The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2112
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
2:30 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2340
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 | 104.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 21.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.79° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.10° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.70° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.