The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2076
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
2:07 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1894
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 216.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -23.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.01° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.18° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.