The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 1971
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 596
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 | 59.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 19.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.25° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.23° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.