The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1922
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
10:14 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -10
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 | 42.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.02° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.93° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.