The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1975
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
1:53 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 645
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 222.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -20.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.32° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.56° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.