The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 1954
Waning Crescent
15.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
2:34 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.2%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 385
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 214.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -21.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.79° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.19° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.