The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2188
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
9:42 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3280
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 | 37.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 118.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 3.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.37° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.57° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.