The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2014
New Moon
0.3% 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
6:58 AM
7:10 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1128
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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 158.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -2.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.21° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.43° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 218.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.