The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 1940
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
12:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 212
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 | 289.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 237.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.03° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.99° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.