The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2133
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
1:13 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2599
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 223.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.91° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.21° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.