The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1951
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
12:25 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 348
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.46° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.27° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.