The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2135
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
8:04 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2624
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 318.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.29° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.55° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.