The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
5:36 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 101
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 24.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.58° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.12° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.