The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
5:07 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 146.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 13.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.72° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.55° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.