The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
5:20 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3218
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 21.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 12.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.20° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.22° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| 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.