The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1916
Waning Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
3:44 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -85
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 202.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.23° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.79° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.