The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2009
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1066
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 | 69.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 80.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.34° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.75° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.42° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.