The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 1959
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
12:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 277.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.99° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.61° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.