The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
4:36 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2377
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 25.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.04° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.87° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.