The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 1, 2173
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
8:01 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3094
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 | 201.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -0.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.45° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.15° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.