The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 1991
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
7:38 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 843
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 | 204.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.11° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.21° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.