The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 1929
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 76
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 | 250.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.50° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.39° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.