The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 2165
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
12:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2995
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.22° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.60° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.58° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.