The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
4:39 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 336.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 195.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.10° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.62° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.