The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1906
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -208
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 85.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.83° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.80° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.