The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2054
Last Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
11:51 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1622
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.77° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.27° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.