The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2059
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
8:23 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1684
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 | 205.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 312.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / 1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.13° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.67° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.