The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
5:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1226
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 | 346.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 179.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.70° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.90° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 46.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.