The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2127
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
8:39 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2525
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.50° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.13° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| 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.