The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 2000
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
7:06 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 955
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.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 156.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -6.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.33° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.84° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.