The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
4:11 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2884
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 | 119.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 27.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.04° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.03° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.