The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 1970
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
5:26 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 583
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 182.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -11.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.37° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.87° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.