The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1906
Waxing Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
12:33 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -208
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.71° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.61° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.