The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1922
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
9:17 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 31.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 123.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.04° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.13° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.