The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2155
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
4:15 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2871
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 | 335.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 192.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.89° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.97° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.