The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2020
Waxing Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
12:11 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 77.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.80° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.16° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.