The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
2:29 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2043
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.26° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.54° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.