The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1903
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
8:54 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -245
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 129.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 3.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.95° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.