The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 2051
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
8:47 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1585
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 | 224.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -10.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.46° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.25° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.