The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 | 244.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.71° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.43° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| 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.