The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1954
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
6:16 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 385
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° 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 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 174.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.68° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.80° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.