The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
68.7% 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
12:52 PM
3:08 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2476
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 | 111.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 52.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.48° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.