The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2003
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
6:02 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 991
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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 169.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.11° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.30° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 17.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.