The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 2176
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3131
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -22.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.67° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.13° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.