The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 2198
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
12:15 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3403
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 | 284.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 237.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -22.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.10° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.81° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.