The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 2141
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
11:44 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2698
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -24.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.25° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.58° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.