The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2121
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
7:33 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2451
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 | 205.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 308.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.21° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.10° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.