The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2043
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
1:06 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1486
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 | 300.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 221.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -27.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.38° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.72° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.