The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1908
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
5:09 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -184
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 182.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.55° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.45° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.