The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2047
Waxing Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
11:30 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1536
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 | 54.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.39° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.19° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.