The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1987
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
8:30 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 794
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 136.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.53° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.56° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.