The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
4:40 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2847
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 | 127.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 36.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 26.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.56° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.24° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.