The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2087
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
3:00 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2030
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 | 316.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 215.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.00° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.44° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.