The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 1981
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
2:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 719
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 | 312.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 217.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.04° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.53° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.