The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
8:44 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1029
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 133.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / 0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.76° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.