The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1964
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
8:58 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 509
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 | 218.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.21° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.00° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.