The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 1983
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
8:43 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 744
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 | 211.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -0.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.23° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.64° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.