The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
2:55 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3416
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 | 110.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.68° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.42° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.