The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
5:56 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 10.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 12.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.45° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.54° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.