The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 2021
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
8:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1214
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 | 211.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.20° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.24° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.