The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 2010
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
7:15 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 194.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 325.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / -2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.32° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.85° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.