The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
2:02 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 97.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.71° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.54° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.