The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1916
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
4:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -85
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 189.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.60° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.99° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.