The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 1918
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
8:51 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -60
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 | 232.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.73° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.17° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.