The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
3:24 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -72
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.06° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.20° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.