The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1995
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
6:55 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 893
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 162.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -2.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.32° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.75° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 194.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.