The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
3:56 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -171
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 44.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.83° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.76° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.