The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1980
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
7:32 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 707
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 332.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / 5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.30° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.98° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.