The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 1927
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
6:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 51
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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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 | 358.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 165.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.70° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.54° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 353.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.