The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1913
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
1:12 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -122
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 | 302.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 220.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.81° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.83° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.