The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2138
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
8:53 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2661
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 | 234.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.09° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.55° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.