The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 1938
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
6:10 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 187
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 | 353.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 175.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.16° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.52° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.