The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2003
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
4:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 991
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 182.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.49° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.09° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.