The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 2002
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
11:41 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 241.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.72° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.24° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.