The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
4:08 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 64
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 | 122.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 25.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.51° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.97° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.