The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2097
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
8:50 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2154
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 292.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.06° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.23° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.