The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1990
Waxing Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 58.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.25° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.42° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| 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.