The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 1973
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
6:27 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 620
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 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 171.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.28° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.39° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| 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.