The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
4:31 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 435
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 | 137.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 34.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.14° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.77° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.