The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 1946
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
4:07 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 286
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 | 333.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 193.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.48° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.86° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.