The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1941
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
9:57 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 225
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 | 39.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 114.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 6.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.45° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.32° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.