The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2005
New Moon
50.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
10:48 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.89° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.77° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.