The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 1926
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
8:47 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 39
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 302.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -1.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.74° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.59° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.