The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 2068
Waning Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
3:57 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1795
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 205.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.53° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.83° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.