The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2025
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
8:41 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1264
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 134.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 2.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.96° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.