The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
2:34 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 57.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 25.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.01° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.37° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.