The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 1994
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 880
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.87° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.18° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.