The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
4:47 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -171
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 | 131.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 23.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.09° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.61° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.