The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
4:39 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1845
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 | 138.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.78° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.31° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.