The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
3:41 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 200
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 | 123.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.72° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.73° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.