The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1979
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
11:12 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 54.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 9.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.66° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.68° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.