The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
1:53 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1338
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.77° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.92° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.