The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1961
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
7:08 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 472
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 6:51 AM, is deepest at 8:28 AM and ends at 10:04 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 342.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 7.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.48° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.