The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 1981
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
6:57 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 720
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.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 159.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -7.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.71° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.65° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.