The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 2159
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
5:19 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2921
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 | 146.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 24.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.08° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.19° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.