The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1973
Waning Crescent
5.9% 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
5:35 AM
4:14 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 332.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 199.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -14.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.00° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.20° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.