The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2178
Waning Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
7:52 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3156
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 | 214.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.68° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.32° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.