The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1959
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
11:09 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 447
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.98° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.44° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.