The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
6:07 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1511
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 11.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.04° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.52° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.