The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1905
Waning Crescent
18.3% 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
4:09 AM
2:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -221
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.08° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.30° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.