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Moon Information For March 1 2017 (Northern Hemisphere)

Moon March 1, 2017 (Northern Hemisphere)

The Moon information shown here applies to Washington, Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. (Local time America/New York)

Moonrise to moonset12h8m
Moonrise08:35
Moonset20:27
Distance to the center of the Sun148,251,488 km
Distance to the center of Earth369,687 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)8.3%
Lunar phasewaxing
Current zodiac sign the MoonAries ♈
Moon age (days past new moon)2.7

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in March 2017.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and Mars2017-03-01 13:58Mars is 4.4 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and AldebaranMarch 4Aldebaran is 0.2 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and RegulusMarch 10Regulus is 0.9 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterMarch 14Jupiter is 2.7 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnMarch 20Saturn is 3.8 degrees South of the Moon.

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