The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 1997
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
11:48 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 917
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.96° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.26° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.23° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.