The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2013
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
8:51 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1115
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 | 228.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.68° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.82° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.