The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1983
Last Quarter
48.6% 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
1:35 AM
11:22 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 744
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 246.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.28° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.43° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.