The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 2085
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2006
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 | 71.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 79.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 22.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.32° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.86° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.58° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.