The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2146
Waning Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
12:20 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2760
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.52° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.77° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.