The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 1949
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
8:14 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 324
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 138.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -1.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.69° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.99° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.