The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 1987
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
9:39 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 34.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 119.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 6.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.15° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.36° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.