The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 1968
Waxing Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
10:00 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 113.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.28° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.98° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.