The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2019
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
1:55 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1189
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 221.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -21.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.12° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.76° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.