The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2189
Waning Gibbous
80.6% 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
11:18 PM
9:14 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3292
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn 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 | 232.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.95° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.72° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.