The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2198
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
5:39 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3403
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 185.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.95° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.78° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.