The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
3:54 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1239
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 | 116.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 27.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.13° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.30° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.