The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 1940
Waning Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
11:58 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 212
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 | 277.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.22° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.81° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.