The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 1964
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
9:25 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 509
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 | 229.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -7.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.58° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.15° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.