The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1934
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
7:02 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 138
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 341.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.59° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.86° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.