The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1932
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
1:37 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 113
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 | 306.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 217.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.68° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.64° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.