The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2196
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
12:27 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3379
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 75.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 24.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.22° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.28° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.