The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2008
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
1:01 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1053
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -26.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.45° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.67° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.