The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1986
Waning Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 781
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.09° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.63° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.