The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
6:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 571
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 | 162.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 5.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.14° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.39° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.