The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 2119
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
8:55 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2426
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.65° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.75° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.