The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2161
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
11:00 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2946
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 | 49.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.03° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.73° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.