The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2135
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
10:41 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2624
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -25.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.14° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.32° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.