The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1970
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
11:13 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 583
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 | 277.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -28.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.38° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.89° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.