The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1956
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
9:14 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 410
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 | 238.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -17.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.77° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.58° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.