The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2044
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
8:40 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1499
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 | 22.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 133.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 3.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.15° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.