The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1905
Waning Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
3:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -221
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 | 321.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 210.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.54° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.49° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.