The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2078
Waning Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
8:37 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1919
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -2.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.41° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.44° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| 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.