The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
5:02 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2748
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 | 147.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 26.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.48° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.66° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.