The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1960
Waxing Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
11:38 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 460
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 | 59.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 11.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.74° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.31° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.