The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1989
Waning Crescent
31.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
12:24 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.2%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 818
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 228.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.44° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.22° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.87° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.