The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2052
New Moon
0.2% 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
7:02 AM
7:08 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1598
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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 158.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.00° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.83° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.6° |
| 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.