The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 2117
Waning Crescent
3.0% 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
6:35 AM
4:42 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2401
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 | 340.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 186.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.65° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.54° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.