The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
4:30 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 200
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 | 137.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 35.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.45° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.58° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.