The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1973
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
3:10 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 620
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 209.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.37° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.00° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.