The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 1992
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
8:57 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 856
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 129.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 8.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.88° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.17° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.