The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 4, 2030
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
7:13 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1326
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 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / 0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.29° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.16° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 206.2° |
| 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.