The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 2019
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
6:35 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1190
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.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 163.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -9.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.25° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.24° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 333.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.