The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
6:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1041
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 | 165.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 2.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 13.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.70° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.98° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.