The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 1976
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
8:19 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 19.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 138.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.65° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.