The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% 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
12:41 PM
2:53 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2711
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.04° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.65° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| 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.