The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2173
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
10:21 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3094
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 | 263.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -26.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.77° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.93° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.