The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 2001
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 967
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 83.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.16° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.96° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.