The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
4:24 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1474
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 | 122.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 40.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 27.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.89° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.52° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.