The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2116
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
8:33 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2389
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 301.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.30° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.88° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.