The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
5:20 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -35
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 21.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.90° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.24° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.