The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 2184
Waning Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
12:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3230
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.02° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.94° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.37° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.