The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
5:16 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 23.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.41° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.03° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.