The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2041
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
5:17 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1461
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 179.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.04° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.70° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.