The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1902
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
11:36 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -258
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.06° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.37° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.