The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2092
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
12:06 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2092
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 | 278.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.96° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.89° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.