The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
4:19 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1944
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 | 121.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 27.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.88° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.93° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.