The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 2038
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
2:18 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1424
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 216.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.83° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.57° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.