The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
6:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 472
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 | 170.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 357.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.40° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.