The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1916
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
6:12 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -85
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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 173.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.83° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.20° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| 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.