The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2013
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1115
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.58° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.98° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.