The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 1942
New Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
7:48 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 237
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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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:31 PM, is deepest at 8:21 PM and ends at 10:11 PM. Totality lasts from 7:33 PM to 9:09 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 332.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 8.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.14° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.