The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
3:01 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 262
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.38° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.75° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.53° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.