The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1927
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
5:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 51
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 | 344.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 182.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.55° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.26° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.