The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
6:21 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -134
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 11.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.89° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.79° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.