The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Last Quarter
52.7% 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
12:57 AM
11:23 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1152
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.64° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.84° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.