The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2009
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
11:47 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 92.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.61° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.61° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.