The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2160
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
12:33 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2933
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 | 289.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 233.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.08° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.38° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.