The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1902
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
10:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -258
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.24° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.19° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.