The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
3:15 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2179
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 | 107.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 51.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 28.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.37° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.27° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| 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.