The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2157
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
1:01 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2896
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 224.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -26.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.21° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.06° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.21° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.