The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
7:44 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 208.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 305.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -8.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.15° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.00° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.