The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 1970
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
12:14 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 583
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 | 290.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 229.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -28.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.42° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.07° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.