The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
4:01 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 299
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 | 120.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.95° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.17° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.