The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2081
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
10:12 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1956
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 | 261.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -25.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.84° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.45° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.