The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
4:28 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 135.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 36.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.70° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.70° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| 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.