The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 2006
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
10:00 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 37.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.56° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.55° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.