The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1949
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
9:13 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 30.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 124.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.48° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.79° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.