The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 1973
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
8:45 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 21.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 133.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.77° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.98° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.