The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1967
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 546
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.03° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.83° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.