The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2108
New Moon
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
11:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2290
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 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.80° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.96° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.