The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
4:00 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1004
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.40° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.93° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.