The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
6:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 173.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 353.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.74° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.52° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.