The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 6, 2073
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
4:39 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1857
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 193.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.46° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.03° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.