The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 2147
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
5:59 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2772
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 | 352.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 174.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.61° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.65° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.