The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2033
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
7:00 AM
7:10 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1363
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.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 158.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.54° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / -3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.63° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.9° |
| 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.