The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1911
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
8:24 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -146
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 137.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.42° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.