The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 2066
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1771
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 | 63.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.10° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.38° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.