The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
4:48 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 142.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 30.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.11° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.98° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.