The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 1921
Last Quarter
48.9% 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
1:23 AM
11:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -23
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.96° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.00° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.