The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1956
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 410
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 | 250.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.27° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.74° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.