The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2144
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
8:43 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2736
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 132.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.63° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.31° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.