The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1972
Waning Gibbous
93.7% 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
9:15 PM
7:49 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 208.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 304.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -8.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.08° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.55° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.