The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 1943
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
2:15 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 249
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 | 294.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 220.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.19° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.24° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.