The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2179
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
5:07 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3168
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 | 340.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 191.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.72° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.97° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.