The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2136
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
6:22 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2636
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 | 358.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 167.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.54° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.55° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 9.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.