The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 1976
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
7:22 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 8.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 154.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.35° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.85° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.