The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2003
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
10:03 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 992
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 | 40.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.76° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.89° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.