The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1990
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
12:00 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 71.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.67° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.23° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.