The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
5:10 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3156
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 | 144.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.05° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.38° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.