The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
4:51 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2785
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 | 138.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.11° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.44° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.