The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 1997
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
3:56 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 917
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 205.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -13.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.06° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.00° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.