The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2024
Waning Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 247.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.15° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.44° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.23° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.