The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
3:44 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 435
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 | 124.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.07° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.92° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.