The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1945
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
9:39 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 274
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / 0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.96° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.71° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.