The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 1905
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
7:04 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -220
Events on this date
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. Not visible from Columbus.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 157.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.76° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.69° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.