The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1930
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
7:36 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 89
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 148.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.24° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.80° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.