The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1975
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
10:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 645
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 | 243.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.82° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.87° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.