The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2185
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
11:47 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3243
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.68° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.73° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.