The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1951
Waning Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
11:23 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 348
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 | 279.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 237.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -28.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.22° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.08° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.