The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2159
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
7:41 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2921
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 | 209.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 302.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.42° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.53° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.