The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 1908
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
6:25 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -184
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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 165.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.60° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.66° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 351.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.