The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
3:38 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 325.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 206.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.98° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.42° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.