The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
6:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 806
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 | 169.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 357.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.92° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.60° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.