The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 2046
Waning Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
12:37 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1523
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 | 293.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 228.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.02° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.91° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.