The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
6:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3119
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 357.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 9.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.36° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.65° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| 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.