The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2122
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 AM
4:27 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2463
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 | 333.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 199.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -12.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.96° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.73° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.