The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 1991
Waning Gibbous
98.8% 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
7:47 PM
7:13 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 843
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / -0.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.63° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.07° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.