The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1983
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
9:12 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 744
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 | 224.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.12° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.78° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.