The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2155
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
10:13 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2872
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 | 39.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 111.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.45° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.01° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.