The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2022
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
6:28 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1226
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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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.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 164.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -11.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.77° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.10° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 341.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.