The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2163
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
3:08 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2970
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 214.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.90° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.29° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.