The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2008
Waning Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
12:02 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1053
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 | 287.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -27.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.22° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.48° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.