The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1930
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
8:38 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 89
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 133.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 0.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.60° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.