The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1934
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
7:24 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 138
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / -1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.25° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.00° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.