The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
4:39 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -35
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 | 138.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 33.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.78° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.38° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.