The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2071
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
6:19 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1832
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 | 356.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 170.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -6.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.57° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.21° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.