The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1992
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
3:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 855
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 202.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.05° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.81° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.