The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 1946
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
5:16 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 286
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 | 346.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 180.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.04° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.06° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.