The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
9:59 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1165
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 4.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.27° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.28° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.