The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 2057
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
2:19 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1659
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 | 312.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 215.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -22.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.74° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.39° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.