The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1979
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
10:06 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 5.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.74° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.43° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.88° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.