The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1989
Waning Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
11:25 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 818
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 | 280.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 236.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.32° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.20° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.68° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.