The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 2154
Last Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
10:34 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2859
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -26.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.33° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.12° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.