The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1904
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
7:16 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -233
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 | 188.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 334.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 3.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.07° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.94° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.