The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1945
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
10:04 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 274
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 283.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.83° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.86° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.