The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
6:12 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1276
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 | 157.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 10.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 16.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.89° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.32° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.