The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 2169
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
9:09 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3045
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 | 31.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 125.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.51° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.38° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.