The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
4:38 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 905
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 | 138.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 33.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.11° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.34° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.34° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.