The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
10:08 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 | 256.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.16° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.60° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.