The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 1948
Waning Gibbous
60.0% 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
12:28 AM
10:24 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 311
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 | 258.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -21.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.64° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.18° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.