The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 2181
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
6:50 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3193
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 341.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.19° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.57° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 164.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.