The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
7:11 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 237
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 347.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.93° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.23° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.