The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1975
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 645
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.86° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.72° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.