The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2008
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
5:35 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1053
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.49° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.47° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.