The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2167
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
7:34 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3020
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 | 189.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 331.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 4.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.54° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.94° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.