The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2014
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
8:20 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1128
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 | 18.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 139.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 2.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.22° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.