The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1981
Waning Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
1:31 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 719
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 | 300.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -20.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.12° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.34° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.