The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 1907
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
8:07 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -196
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 322.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.49° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.66° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.