The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1972
Waning Gibbous
97.5% 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
8:15 PM
7:27 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 197.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 320.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.99° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.41° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.