The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1995
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
7:58 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 893
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 | 14.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / 1.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.49° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.05° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.