The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1943
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
7:57 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 250
Events on this date
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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 | 3.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 142.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -6.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.26° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.24° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| 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.