The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
2:48 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2946
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 | 108.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.74° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.85° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.