The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
4:49 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1004
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 | 129.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 35.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.58° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.78° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.