The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2192
Last Quarter
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
10:22 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3329
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -26.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.98° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.50° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.74° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.