The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2041
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
6:36 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1462
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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 163.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -10.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.28° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.91° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 330.1° |
| 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.