The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
5:15 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 905
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 | 149.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 23.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.12° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.19° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.