The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 1915
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
6:57 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -97
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 11:38 AM, is deepest at 1:19 PM and ends at 2:59 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 346.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.21° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.