The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1946
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
7:23 AM
6:27 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 286
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 | 359.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 164.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -11.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.96° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.73° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 344.4° |
| 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.