The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1941
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
10:52 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 225
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 103.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.27° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.12° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.