The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1924
Waning Crescent
17.3% 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
4:16 AM
2:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 14
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 | 311.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 219.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.89° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.11° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.