The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 6, 2065
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
6:23 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1758
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.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.29° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.71° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.