The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2043
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1486
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.53° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.83° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.