The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1986
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
10:18 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 781
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 | 259.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.26° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.79° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.