The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2140
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
7:49 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 2686
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 | 212.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 297.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -12.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.47° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.88° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.