The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 1948
Last Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
11:00 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 311
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.23° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.35° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.