The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 1968
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
8:59 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 128.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 2.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.13° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.18° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.