The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 2106
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
2:37 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2265
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 | 312.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 218.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.93° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.05° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.