The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1900
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
7:04 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -282
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: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 161.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.02° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.89° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 194.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.