The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1984
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
7:25 AM
6:23 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 406,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 756
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
-
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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 164.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.62° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.68° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 345.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.