The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
4:44 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1610
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 | 140.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 31.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.02° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.13° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.