The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 1965
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
5:44 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 521
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 173.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.80° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.87° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.