The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2086
Waning Gibbous
98.5% 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
7:50 PM
7:10 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2018
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 327.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.56° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.88° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.