The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2095
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
7:06 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2130
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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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 156.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.98° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.20° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.