The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2049
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
6:27 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1560
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.
-
Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 172.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -3.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.51° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.44° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| 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.